Ohio Electricity Prices

Ohio sits mid-pack — 19.52¢ per kilowatt-hour in May 2026, 18th-highest of 51 and 0.6% above the national benchmark.

At Ohio's May 2026 average of 19.52¢/kWh, 10,500 kWh of annual use works out to $2,050 a year — around $171 a month. That lands within $12 a year of the same calculation run at the May 2026 national benchmark rate.

Over the full EIA series the Ohio jurisdiction average has risen 157% since January 2001, from 7.59¢ to 19.52¢ in May 2026 — a compound 3.8% per year. Month-to-month movement has been about typical for a reporting jurisdiction.

Yes. The May 2026 average of 19.52¢ per kilowatt-hour is the highest monthly figure Ohio has recorded across the EIA series, which begins in January 2001. The previous floor for the jurisdiction was 7.40¢ in January 2003.

June. Measured over the 25 complete calendar years the EIA series covers for Ohio, 2001 through 2025, June runs highest relative to its own year and January runs lowest — a swing of roughly 13.0 percentage points.

Among Ohio and its land-border neighbours in May 2026, Kentucky posts the lowest average at 14.98¢ and Michigan the highest at 22.01¢. Ohio ranks 3rd of 5 in the group, at 19.52¢.

Almost certainly not exactly, and this is the one caveat that governs every figure on this page. The published value is the EIA residential average across every utility and residential rate class in Ohio for May 2026 — a benchmark, never a billed amount. Even the jurisdiction figure is not one number — across the trailing year it moved between 17.31¢ in December 2025 and 19.52¢ in May 2026. Your own rate depends on your utility, tariff, usage tier, time-of-use schedule, and fixed monthly charges, none of which this index models. Read your bill for the rate that applies to you.